Cornyn, Cruz measured in their wording attacking weapons ban
Continued coverage of the Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Sen. Feinstein’s proposed assault weapons ban: Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, who have been conservative outliers on many issues in the...
View ArticleNewtown witnesses testify powerfully at assault-weapons ban hearing
Continuing coverage of the Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Sen. Feinstein’s proposed assault-weapons ban: The crowd at the hearing, boisterous at other times, was utterly hushed as Newtown’s Neil...
View ArticleThe NRA, unvarnished
The National Rifle Association has more in common with the White House and Congress than you think. Its switchboard has been overwhelmed since the Dec. 14 massacre at Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary...
View ArticleDianne Feinstein clashes hotly with Ted Cruz: “I am not a sixth-grader”
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a 20-year veteran Democrat, clashed fiercely with Tea Party-backed newcomer Ted Cruz of Texas, when the freshman began lecturing the Californian about the Constitution during a...
View ArticleDianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban dies in Senate
Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told Sen. Dianne Feinstein Monday night that he would drop her assault weapons ban from the package of gun control legislation he intends to bring to the...
View ArticleCuomo: Senate gun bill ‘only better than nothing’
ALBANY — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted a compromise that will move a gun control bill through the U.S. Senate, saying Congress will “fundamentally fail to act on a societal scourge” by expanding...
View ArticleGun-control foe Cruz has ‘cordial’ phone conversation with daughter of slain...
@sentedcruz because she was gunned down in Sandy Hook.I DESERVE TO BE HEARD! — Erica Lafferty (@E_Laffs2) April 9, 2013 Erica Lafferty will be heard. The 27-year-daughter of slain Sandy Hook Elementary...
View ArticleBipartisan gun bill ready in House should Senate act
Rep. Mike Thompson, a gun-owning Vietnam veteran hand-picked by House minority leader Nancy Pelosi to forge a bipartisan agreement on gun legislation in the House, unveiled a companion background check...
View Article“Fast & Furious” report criticizes ex-U.S. Attorney for leak
The former U.S. attorney in Phoenix who oversaw the controversial ``Fast & Furious’’ gun-trafficking investigation inappropriately leaked a document to Fox News in an apparent effort to denigrate...
View ArticleActing ATF director Todd Jones appears headed for confirmation
The NRA decision to neither fight nor support the nomination clears the way for senators from pro-gun states -- Democrats as well as at least some Republicans -- to vote for ATF nominee Todd Jones...
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